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1ro. 1,516. "1661. Iitam. No. 32,520.

Bell Ringing Apparatus.

RHODOLPHUS K1NSLEY,OF SPRINGFIELD, MASS.

' l Letters Parent No. 1,516, dared Jane 11, 1861.l

SPECIFICATION.'

TO AIiL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known, that I, RoDoLPHUs KINsLuY, of Springield, in the county ot Hampden, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and improved apparatus or device for Ringing Bells; and I do herebyV declare that the following is a full, clear, 'andexact description ofthe same, reference being-had to the annexed drawings making a part of this specification, in whichp Figure-.I is a vertical central section ot' my invention, taken in the line a: figure 2.l 4 I i Figure 2, a horizontal section of ditto, taken inh the line y y, gure 1l Similar, letters or" reference indicate corresponding parts in the two vfigures. The o'bject of this-invention is to obtain a device by which a largeor turret `bell may be rung and struck at a different point at each blow, the hammer or hammers traversing around or having a rotary movement, as hereinafter described. By this means the bell will not be liable to crack, as all parts of its lower end are subjected to equal ooncussions, and the invention admits of' any one ringing the bell, as the turning of` a crank wheel is all that is required to eii'ect the result,

" and a very moderate application of power is required for the purpose.

V `To enable those skilled inthe artl to fully understand and construct my invenf' tion, I will proceed todescribe it.

A represents a bell, which may be of the usual or any proper form and sus pended in a suitable framing B. `(l is a platform, which is iitted4 loosely on a cylindrical hub or projection a. atthe bottom of the framing B, the platform beingA l S, PATENT Orrroii, 1861.--No.'l 1,516.

`Improved Bell Ringing Apparatus.

allowed to rotate freelyfthereon. To the platform C, at opposite sides, there x are attached uprights D D, inthe upper parts ot' whichv the ends of' a shaft E are secured, said shaft beingstationary and having'two bevel wheels F F tted loosely upon it. l i

Into the lower parts of the wheels F F a bevel. pinion G gears, said pinion being on a shaft H, which passes through the centre of the hub orl projection a,

and has a crank wheel I at its lower end. On the upper surface of the hub or projection a there is placed and firmly secured a stationary toothed wheel J, kinto which a Worm wheehK gears, theaxis of which is attachedl'to an upright b on the" i platform C. To onge sident' the worm wheel K4 there is secured a series ot' pins c, which project from/t 1e wheel in the form of a circle, said pins c extending within the path ofl rotation of pins or projections d, which project from the inner"f side ot' onel of the Wheels F. ,To the outer side of each wheel F there are attched radial bars e, the use ot' which will presently be shown, l i

L -L are two tubes or sockets which are secured in an inclined position, one to the uprightvb, and the otherpto a similar upright e', which is attached to the platformz These tubes areattached to their respective uprightsby means of bolts j f, which pass through oblong slots g in the' uprights, and the tubes or sockets u cross each otherand are connected at their point'of intersection bya b olt g which passes through a curved slot 71, in a plate 'L' on one tube or socket, and into a' corresponding plate jon the other tube or socket. By this mode of connection the tubes or sockets are rendered adjustable and may be secured at a greater or less i angle of inclination, as desired.

Within each tube or socket L L there is placed'a rod M, each having acylin- .drical hammer N at its end, and these hammers snugly tit in the tubes or sockets,vbut are allowed to Work'or slide freely therein. Each rod M has a pin or projection c extending from it at or about at rightangles, said pins extending through slots l in the tubes or sockets and within the path of rotation of the'bars l ve ol' thewheels On each rod M, and between its pin or projection c and the lower end of its tube or socket L, there is placed a spiral spring O. These springs vhave a tendency to keep the hammers N thrust out from the tubes or sockets,

The rods M extend through the bottoms ot' the tubes or sockets, land have nuts m on their ends, between which and the bottoms of the tubes or sockets there are placed spiral springs P, as shown in figure l.

The operation is as follows: By turning' the wheel I inthe direction indicated by the arrow the two ewheels FF will be rotated, through'themeduul of thelpinion G', and the radial bars e ot' said wheels will strike the-pinslr of' the rodsM and draw in the hammers N, which, as the bars e leave their pins k, are thrown against the bell by the force ot' the springs O; the tubes or sockets L being so adjusted that the hammers will strike the bell about at right angles, a result which is necessary' in order to produce the clearest andbestsound. The springs P serve as checks, andby adjusting the nuts m may-be made to graduate the n, s. PATENT oFFrCE, 18er-.Na 1,516. 3

Einsiey'e Improved` Bell Ringing Apparatus.

By this arrangement of' means-any form of' bell may be used, the ordinary kind, as shown in figure 1, or the semi-sphericaly form, as tbe tubes or sockets L may be adjusted so that the hammer will strike the bell at right angles, whatever tbe form olthe latter may be. l i

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isj 1st. The employment or use of one or more hammers N secured to a rotating platform @,ancl operated simnltanefiusly'and automatically with tbe platform C,

so as to strike the bell A and gradually rotate within or beneath it, for tbe purpose specified.

2nd. The placing of the hammers NWithin adjustable tubes or sockets L, arranged substantially as sbown, for the purpose of adjusting the hammers so that the'latt-or `will. always strike the bell at right angles.

3rd, The arrangement, as shown and described, of the gearing F FG J and K, with the radial arms e on wheels F F, the pins c d on the Wheels K F, the

i springs on .hammer-rods M, and tbe rotating platform C, for the purpose set forth.

4th. I claim the combination of Jthe hammer-springs O .with the check springs Pr, when applied to the hammer-rods M, to operate as and for the purpose specified.

RHODOLPHUS KINSLEY. Witnesses:

M. L.y KINSLEY, E. C. Roenes. 

